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3 3G Modem and Full Tilt Poker

January 21, 2008 on 11:45 pm | In General |

I recently purchased a 3 3G Modem as I thought that it would be a good backup for my main ISP and also I would be able to use it with my laptop to play poker when I am flitting about the country. I tried the modem during the cooling off period and it seemed to work fine and I gave it no thought that I wouldn’t be able to use it for my poker sites. Anyway PokerRoom worked fine, William Hill was OK and Party Poker was OK too. The problem came when I tried Full Tilt Poker. Basically the software doesn’t connect when it launches and therefore I cannot actually get onto the poker client.

Naturally enough I assumed it was the firewall and tried a number of settings and then downloaded ZoneAlarm to replace the windows firewall but no joy. Then I found out that some Full Tilt players had encountered this before and that potentially the modem may be the problem. An email from Full Tilt confirmed that other 3 3G Modem users had encountered the same problem and that I should contact the ISP. I, therefore, had a nice chat with 3 today and they seemed to suggest that Full Tilt was on the banned site list from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Ok I’d never heard of them before so I checked out their site and they are a charity who compile lists of sites with illegal content which is then passed to the ISP’s who then ensure that the sites cannot be accessed. Clearly this is an admirable cause when they are cutting down on child abuse, racial incitement and other criminal obscene content. Internet gambling is, however, perfectly legal in the UK and as such should not find its way onto the banned list. I suspect, therefore, that the representatives from 3 were just fobbing me off some BS. I have, therefore, just had to send them a long email explaining why the IWF response is bollox. Other than this site the 3 3G modem works fine but honestly if I can’t play at Full Tilt then I may have to consider that the product is not fit for purpose and try and cancel my 2 year contract after 2 months!

Here’s hoping that they can come up with a proper answer today.